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US 10,906,462 · App. 16/897,302 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Trim arrangement for a vehicle interior

Inventor: Stefan Schmitz (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
B60Q3/74B60Q3/217B60Q3/62B60R13/0243B60R2013/0287
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Patent No.
US 10,906,462
App. No.
16/897,302
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A trim arrangement for a vehicle interior includes a trim portion having a through-opening for delimiting the vehicle interior and a light-emitting body inserted into the through-opening. The light-emitting body is configured to transmit light and/or light signals into the vehicle interior, and blocks a movement transversely to an opening normal of the through-opening in a form-fitting manner. The trim arrangement further includes a receiving device connected to a rear side of the trim portion, the rear side facing away from the vehicle interior, and a latching body inserted into the receiving device along an insertion direction extending transversely to the opening normal. The receiving device blocks a movement of the latching body in a direction of the opening normal in a form-fitting manner. The trim arrangement additionally includes a connecting strip provided on the rear side of the trim portion and extending transversely to the opening normal.

Claims (18)

1. A trim arrangement for a vehicle interior, comprising:

a trim portion having a through-opening for delimiting the vehicle interior;

a light-emitting body inserted into the through-opening, the light-emitting body configured to transmit light and/or light signals into the vehicle interior, wherein the light-emitting body blocks a movement transversely to an opening normal of the through-opening in a form-fitting manner;

a receiving device connected to a rear side of the trim portion, the rear side facing away from the vehicle interior;

a latching body inserted into the receiving device along an insertion direction extending substantially transversely to the opening normal of the through-opening, wherein the receiving device blocks a movement of the latching body in a direction of the opening normal of the through-opening in a form-fitting manner, and

a connecting strip provided on the rear side of the trim portion and extending substantially transversely to the opening normal of the through-opening,

wherein the light-emitting body and the latching body are connected at a distance from one another by the connecting strip, and

wherein the connecting strip is embodied to be elastically bendable in the direction of the opening normal of the through-opening.

2. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting strip is embodied to be elastically bendable at least by a distance corresponding to an extent by which the light-emitting body is removed from the connecting strip in the direction of the opening normal of the through-opening.

3. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the latching body is configured to be wedged into the receiving device in the insertion direction in a frictionally locking manner.

4. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the latching body is lockable substantially immovably by way of a catch in the receiving device.

5. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the latching body, the connecting strip, the light-emitting body and/or the coupling element are made in one piece from a light-guiding material.

6. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a light source is coupled to the coupling element.

7. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting body and the coupling element are arranged on the connecting strip such that they lie opposite one another.

8. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a portion of the connecting strip projects from the light-emitting body on a side that faces away from the latching element.

9. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting strip and/or the latching body rests flat against the rear side of the trim portion.

10. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving device blocks a movement of the latching body transversely to the insertion direction.

11. The trim arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting body is pressed into the through-opening substantially without play.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: SCHMITZ, STEFAN
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 052888/0388 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 116 500 · Jun 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200398746A1 · Dec 24, 2020
Cited By (1)
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